Police Reverse Policy Permit Negroes to Hold Prayer Demonstration
More than 1 000 Black protesters peacefully paraded to a park near the city jail in Birmingham as Police Commissioner Eugene Connor reversed course and allowed them to pray and sing. The group, including Rev A D King and Rev Wyatt Tee Walker, moved calmly under police escort after initial orders to stop.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham City
Eugene Connor
Connor
A. D. King
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Wyatt Tee Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Alabama
GOP to Make Third Attempt On New Taxes
Harrisburg AP report says Gov. Scranton faces a tough push in the House as Republicans mount a third bid for a new tax plan. Democrats vow to oppose higher sales tax to 4 1/2 percent with clothing taxed. current plan mixes 4 1/2 percent and a cigarette levy. Senate and House schedules set, with leadership meetings planned.
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GOP
Harrisburg
Scranton
House
Senate
GOP House
Reds bid for government posts in Italy seeks leftist cabinet
In Rome Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti cited gains from national elections to urge inclusion of Communists in Italy's government. He told L Unita the million plus new votes show Italy wants an all out leftist government and that supporters must be represented in cabinet.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Atlantic Alliance
Amintore Fanfani
Cri Sis
L’unita
Communist Party
Togliatti
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Man Pinned by Car Dies in Somerset
A Somerset postal worker Harry S. Manges 60 was pinned by a rural carrier’s car April 12 in the post office parking lot. He died Sunday at Somerset Community Hospital after a compound fracture and inquest to determine cause of death.
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Somerset
Harry S. Manges
Somerset Community Hospital
Robert Halverson
Manges
R.D. 5
Boy Douses California Brush Fire With Bare Feet
In Monterey California an 11 year old boy Craig Watson stomped out a brush blaze on a vacant lot after firefighters arrived finding no one present. He said he acted because the area was empty and he used his feet to stamp out the flames.
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Monterey
Calif
Craig Watson
Assassin Khemisti Dies From Assassin Shot in Algiers
Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamad Khemisti, 33, was mortally wounded by an assassin’s bullet outside the National Assembly as crowds welcomed President Gamal Abdel Nasser. He died after a long coma. Khemisti supported Algeria’s close ties with France.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mohammed Khemisti
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
National Assembly
Khemisti
Middle East
France
Nasser
Radio
Envainment
Inipider
Merrion and Foreign Medical Corps
Aeiers Harbor
U.S
Fatima Mechiche Khemisti
Algerian National Assembly
Trieste Returns After Test Dive Ahead of Thresher Search
The Navy bathyscaphe Trieste completed a 47 minute test dive to 702 feet in the Murray Basin area 60 miles east of Boston. Lt Cmdr Donald L Keach led the dive to inspect equipment as part of preparations to probe for the sunken submarine Thresher.
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Boston
Navy
Murray Basin
Donald L. Keach
Rockefeller honeymoon in Venezuela ends political glare
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and his bride Margaretta Murphy arrived in Caracas for a two week honeymoon in Venezuela. The New York governor, a leading 1964 presidential hopeful, discussed plans and spoke Spanish with reporters at the airport before flying to Monte Sacro ranch southwest of Caracas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Margaretta Fitler Murphy
Caucas
Marquetia
Rockefeller
Monte Sacro
Sacred Mountain Ranch
Bliss
Rockefeller Ranch
Blatt to be sworn in for third term as secretary of internal affairs
Genevieve Blatt, a Democrat from Pittsburgh, will be sworn in Tuesday for a third term as Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs. She won re election last November by 1390 votes over Audrey Kelly, with William Scranton winning the governor’s race by 470000 votes. The swearing in takes place at the Education Building forum before Superior Court Judge Harry M. Montgomery.
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Harrisburg
Genevieve Blatt
U.S. Senate
U.S
Hugh Scott
Democratic State Committee
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Internal Affairs Post
Miss Blatt
Kelly
Superior Court
Harry M. Montgomery
Attack by Pathet Lao on Copters Deepens Laos Crisis
The Pathet Lao attack on two International Control Commission helicopters in Vientiane raises the risk of civil conflict in Laos. Souvanna Phouma contemplates stepping down as peace talks falter, while Geneva accord cochairs Britain and the Soviet Union seek renewed negotiations.
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Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Phoumi Nosavan
Prince Souphanouvong
International Control Commission
Khang Khay
Control Commission
Canada
India
Poland
Britain
Soviet Union
Commission
Jobless Claims Decrease in April in Somerset Office
In April 1963 unemployment claims fell while the Somerset State Employment Office reported 101 local hires including 62 women and 20 veterans. An additional 80 people found work in the Washington area. There were 240 new applications, 31 aptitude tests, one proficiency test, and 56 counseling interviews conducted.
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Herbert E. Sann
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Washington, D.C
Painless Way to Fill Public Coffers Lotteries
Bernard Gavzer explains how state lotteries have long funded public goods and why New Hampshire moves to legal sweepstakes. The piece traces lottery history from colonial finance to 19th century abuses, noting states outlawed games by 1833 and reformers sought public revenue.
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New Hampshire
United States
Nevada
John W. King
America
Three Kennedy Wives To Wait at Cape Cod
The Kennedy wives and their husbands plan a summer at Hyannis Port and Squaw Island as three expectant mothers prepare to welcome babies in June August and September. Ethel Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy and Joan Kennedy will share a Cape Cod summer routine while their families shift between compound cottages and quiet retreats on the New England coast.
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Kennedy
Cape Cod
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Massachusetts
Boston
Hyannis Port
Mass
New England
Squaw Island
Joseph P. Kennedy
Britain
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Cape
Ethel
Jacqueine
Joan
Ted Kennedy
Ethel Skakel Kennedy
OAS Called Into Special Session Over Dominican Border Crisis
Dominican Republic moves over 1,000 troops toward the Haitian border with tanks as the OAS is summoned to a Washington exec session. President Bosch threatens to back up his demand for Haitian refugees’ safety, while Duvalier tightens grip with rebels active in Port au Prince.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American State
Gonzalo Facio Oe
Costa Rica
OAS Council
Washington
Facio
Haiti
Jimani
Bahoruco
Juan Bosch
U.S
Bosch
Port Au Prince
Francois Duvalier
Duvalier
Frank Bobadilla
Bobadilla
Two Bodies Found in Plane Wreckage Near Old Faithful
Rescuers located the charred remains of two airmen in a B47 bomber wreck after a mid air collision with a KC135 tanker over Yellowstone National Park. Capt Bruce A Chapman of Idaho reported the other crew members' possible ejections and optimism while rescue teams probed the crash site for the fourth missing crew member. The tanker returned safely to Mountain Home Air Force Base.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Bruce A. Chapman
Mountain Home
Idaho
Lee Henley
Idaho Falls
Chapman
Mountain Home Air Base
New York Abandons Mandatory Death Law
New York becomes the last state to repeal mandatory death sentences for premeditated murder or kidnapping. The two stage trial allows juries first to find guilt and then decide on the death penalty. the bill permits plea bargains to reduce charges to life sentences.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Venezuela
New York State
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Ohio
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Maine
New Jersey
Illinois
Frances Lewine
OAS
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